Quotes for each Stanza

Question 1

Stanza 1-Jerusalem

Answer 1

“Plank of wood”
“crowd of people wearing sandals”
“a cock that crows, a cloak to dissect”
“a sponge, some vinegar”
“one man to hammer the nails home”

Question 2

Stanza 3- WW1

Answer 2

“You may, if the wind allows, blow gas at him”
“A mile of mud sliced through with ditches”
“Black boots, bomb craters, more mud, a plague of rats”
“a dozen songs”
“round hats made of steel”

Question 3

Stanza 4- WW2

Answer 3

“In the age of aeroplanes”
“You may fly miles above your victim”
“pressing one small switch”
“ocean to separate you”
“two systems of government”
“a nation’s scientists, several factories”
“a psychopath”
“land that no one needs for several years”

Question 4

Stanza 5- Twentieth Century

Answer 4

“cumbersome ways to kill a man”
“Simpler, direct and much more neat”
“is to see that he is living somewhere in the middle of the twentieth century, and leave him there”

Question 5

Key ideas/theme?

Answer 5

• How we are using technology for the wrong reasons: using it to harm (against our benefit) rather than to heal (for our benefit)
• The loss of humanity is increasing with every era
• The problems we are facing post WW2 (twentieth century)
• Dependent on technology for the wrong reasons
• This shows how corrupt the world is